Paul H. Bergeron (b. 1938)

Biography

Paul H. Bergeron was born in Alexandria, Louisiana, on February 8, 1938. He attended Louisiana College as an undergraduate B.A. (1960), then took his M.A. (1962) and Ph.D. (1965) degrees at Vanderbilt University. Bergeron then taught at Vanderbilt from 1965-72. From 1972-2002, he taught History at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, when he retired to Professor Emeritus status. Bergeron's most notable project while at UTK was his work in editing and directing the Andrew Johnson papers. He continues to live in Knoxville.

Bibliography

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• The Jacksonian Party on Trial: Presidential Politics in Tennessee, 1836-1856 (doctoral dissertation, Vanderbilt University, 1965)
• Correspondence of James K. Polk vol.3: 1835-1836 (editor with Herbert Weaver, 1975)
• Paths of the Past: Tennessee, 1770-1970 (1979)
• Antebellum Politics in Tennessee (1982)
• The Presidency of James K. Polk (1987)
• The Papers of Andrew Johnson vol. 8: May-August 1865 (editor, 1989)
• The Papers of Andrew Johnson vol. 9: September 1865-January 1866 (editor, 1991)
• The Papers of Andrew Johnson vol. 10: February-July 1866 (editor, 1993)
• The Papers of Andrew Johnson vol. 11: August 1866-January 1867 (editor, 1994)
• The Papers of Andrew Johnson vol.12: February-August 1867 (editor with Patricia J. Anthony and Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein, 1995)
• The Papers of Andrew Johnson vol.13: September 1867-March 1868 (editor, 1997)
• The Papers of Andrew Johnson vol.14: April-August 1868 (editor, 1997)
• The Papers of Andrew Johnson vol.15: September 1868-April 1869 (editor, 1999)
• Tennesseans and Their History (with Stephen V. Ash and Jeanette Keith, 1999)
• The Papers of Andrew Johnson vol. 16: May 1869-July 1875 (editor with Patricia J. Anthony and Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein, 2000)

Sources and Links

• UTK homepage
• Biography
• Article about Bergeron's Retirement
• Description of The Presidency of James K. Polk

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